EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts ot the World
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY SEADER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Prince I to says Japan will help China
to become a modern nation.
Mexico is preparing for an outbreak
that ia expected in the south.
More earthquakes have occurred in
Greece and the people are panic strick
en. Despite the assertion of officials, the
streetcar strike at Pittsburg, is far
from settled.
Professor Matteucci, director of the
observatory on Mount Vesuvius, died
while at his work.
An Italian laborer on a railroad in
Colorado became enraged and fatally
shot three of his countrymen.
James J. Hill says if the people
would pay less attention to the new
tariff the country would be better off.
Count Boni says he is to marry
Marjorie Gould, daughter of George
Gould and neice of the count's former
wife.
British Columbian officials are
charged with dis -riminating against
American halibut fishermen and favor
ing the Japanese.
The government is to issue bonds for
the entire cost of the Panama canal.
A slight earthquake was felt at San
at Barbara, Cal., but no damage done.
An American is sure he recognized
Leon Ling, murderer of Elsie Sigel, in
London.
A strike may be declared by all em
ployes of the American Smelting &
Refining company.
Mrs. Eddy, founder and leader of the
Christian Science deomiation, has just
passed her 88th birthday.
All miners in England may go on a
strike in support of the Scotch miners
who are fighting a reduction in wages.
Eight anarchists arrested at Stock
holm on the charge of having con
spired to assassinate the czar of Rus
sia, have been exiled.
The Japanese government has not
yet decided whether or not Ambassador
Takahira will be continued as ambas
sador to the United States.
The Union Pacific railroad has claim
ed a 200-foot strip of land through the
town of Brighton, Col., which is now
covered wih store buildings.
A son has been born to the Priness
de Sagan.
The shah of Persia has fled to Russia
for protection.
Over 14,000 ccoal miners are on
strike at Pittsburg, Kan.
Hanover, Germany, police have
started a war on long hatpins.
Anarchy rules in Morocco and Spain
will send 8,000 more troops in an effort
to restore peace.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has ruled that express rates in the
West are exorbitant and has ordered
sweeping reductions.
Unless rains come soon farmers of
the New England states will face dis
aster. There has not been enough
water for the crops and they are said
to be burning up.
Immense quantities of aaphaltum
have been found on the Shoshone In
dian reservation in Colorado and a
stampede to stake out claims and se
cure land is taking place.
In the hearing for the release of
Thaw from the insane asylum on the
ground that he ia now sane, Mrs. Thaw
testified that he threatened to kill her
and fears his deadly enmity.
A California couple was married in
an automobile in an effort to find some
novel way.
The English house of lords does not
iavor me conscription plan of increas
ing the army.
Nationalists are in full control of
leheran and have summoned the Per
sian parlnment.
Following Roosevelt's policy, Taft
nas wunarawn a numDer or water sites
on public domain in the West.
Secretary Ballinger denies that he
has quarreled with Secretary Wilson
and says their relations are the best.
The commanders of Adana are to be
court martialled for alleged complicity
in the Armenian massacres of last
April.
Two trunks, said to contain the books
of Heinze and the United Copper com
pany, have been seized by government
officials.
Heat in the East is again claiming
children as its victims.
A man has been sentenced to serve
seven years at San Quentin for his
many marriages. He admits having
been united to about 20 women during
the past three years.
Floods around Kansas City have de
layed mails.
Taft and congress leaders have
agreed to reduce the corpora tioi tax
from 2 per cent to 1 per cent.
EXILES GET FREE.
Siberian Convicts Land in Alaska but
Are.NotWanted.
Cordova, Alaska. July 19. The SL
Croix has brought here 100 Russians,
part of the 300 landed at Nome by the
Russian steamer Vaarg and held up as
the result of a Nome mass meeting,
but finally landed when it was found
they had the necessary amount of
money. Cordova objects to their land
ing and they may be taken to Seattle.
Among the party are reveral who
are believed to be memrera of the
band of political convicts who escaped
from a penal colony in the interior of
Siberia several, months ago and who on
June 20, were reported to be working
their way toward East cape, on the ex
treme. Eastern coast of Siberia in an
effort to cross the Behring straits and
reach America.
The men believed to be the escaped
convicts are wearing old Cossack uni
forms. These men have been keeping
their own counsel, refusing to com
municate even with the other Russians
who came down from the North with
them.
The party reached Nome from Si
beria on the Russian steamer Vaarg.
After arriving in Nome the men re
embarked on the steamer St. Croix, and
came to this port, where they asked
for work in the construction camps of
the Copper River & Northwestern rail
road. The uniforms worn by the men sup
posed to be the escaped political exiles
show very hard usage. It is believed
the clothes were taken from the guards
killed in the battle at Chupotosk, near
the Arctic circle last March, when the
convicts defeated a company of pursu
ing Cossacks.
The Russians who came from Nome
on the same vessel with the suspected
men profess to know nothing of their
identity, and share the belief that they
are the survivors of the band of exiles
who were fighting their way across 1,-
500 miles of Siberian waste.
50,000 WANT LAND.
Rush of Applicants for Indian Lands
Beginning to Slacken.
Spokane, Wash., July 19. The num
ber of applications for reservation lands
Saturday was somewhat smaller than
on the preceding days, not only here,
but in Coeur d'Alene, Missoula and
Kalispell. In. Spokane, about 5.500
applications were filed; in Coeur
d'Alene, 5,500; in Missoula, 2,300, and
Kalispell, 1,500.
The total for three days in Spokane
and Coeur d Alene is a little over 23,
000 each. The crowds at the hotels
are easing off and it appears that many
who have come West to file are passing
through to Seattle to see the exposition
first and are planning to apply on their
way back.
At Coeur d'Alene, where serious
trouble among the notaries was threat
ening, an agreement has been reached
whereby all will get together, banish
competition and pool receipts.
Notaries here say that about one out
of every 10 applicants is a woman, in
almost all cases from the East seeking
a home in the West. Many of the men
who apply look upon it as a huge gam
ble, ine women, however, are in
earnest. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illi
nois and Iowa are the outside states
most largely represented.
The grand total for three days of
registration is about 56,000.
CHINA MAKING PROGRESS.
Rockhill Says Boycott on American
Products Has Ceased.
San Francisco, July 19. William
W. Rockhill, recently American minis
ter to China, who has been promoted
to the position of ambassador to Rus
sia, arrived here today on the steamer
lenyo Maru, accompanied by Mrs.
KocKhin. Alter a short stay in Wash
ington he will proceed to his new post
or auty at at. r etersburg.
Referring to present conditions in the
Orient, Mr. Rockhill said that China
was making great progress in every di
rection, folitical quiet prevailed, and
the industries of . the country were
flourishing. There was no longer any
boycott or prejudice against American
products, and trade relations with this
country were of the most satisfactory
cnaracter.
Narsen Ready for Arctic.
Christiana. Norwav. Julv 19 fir
Fridtjof Nansen is ready to start on a
new expedition into Arctic waters in
his private yacht Veslemoy, which has
oeen iumianea witn ice-sheathing and
otherwise specially equipped for the
voyage. He will continue his oceano
graphic investigations, paying special
attention to currents and the warmth
of the water at the surface and at o-rent
depth. These currents, it has been
Droved, have a decided pffapt
climate and fisheries of Norway. His
trip will be to Iceland and Greenland.
Radium $6 70,000 an Ounce.
London. Julv 19. A n asparfjlinarl
commercial value of $20 per milli
eramme feauivalent tn ssvn nnn
ounce) has been placed upon radium by
a contract jusi entered into between the
British Metalliferous mi
count Iveagh and Sir Ernest Cassel for
the supply of seven and a half grammes
of pure radium bromide. This is the
largest order ever given for radium,
and it will come from the Cornish pitch
blende mine.
J40.000 Barrels of Oil Burn.
Bartlettvsille. Okla.. Julv 19 A
serious oil fire raged here today.
Alter two tanks each containing 55,
000 barrels of crude oil belonging to
the Prairie Oil & Han rnmninv hoj
been destroyed, cannon was used all1
aay in an endeavor to check the flames. 1
i
OREGON STATE ITEMS OE INTEREST
WATER UMATILLA LAND,
Government Considering Huge Irri
gation Project.
Pendleton Official confirmation of
the investigation of the large govern
ment irrigation project to reclaim 60,
000 acres of arid land in Western Uma
tilla county came from Chief Engineer
of Reclamation Service A. V. Davis
and D. C. Henny, supervising engineer
of the Northwest These men were
seen as they were passing through this
city recently and both admitted that
the government had ordered tests and
complete investigation of the prospect
ive project.
The project, they said, was one of
about a dozen now under investigation
in Oregon by the reclamation service.
The most feasible will be undertaken
as soon as money is available. While
they would not say that the Umatilla
project was most feasible, there are
known to be many conditions in its fa
vor. The new project would be prac
tically an extension of the Umatillia
project centering about Hermiston.
The water for the new project would
be secured by building a giant reservoir
to collect the surplus waters of Butter
creek and Umatilla river. It is esti
mated that 60,000 acres would be re
claimed. EXHIBIT TO BE SAVED.
Plans Made to Preserve Oregon Dis
play at A.-Y.-P. Fair.
Seattle Practically the entire ex
hibit of the state of Oregon at the A.-Y.-P.
exposition, with whole sections
of the interior decorations of the build
ing, will be removed to Salem, Or.,
and made a permanent part of the Ore
gon state fair, according to plans dis
cussed by the Oregon commissioners
during the visit of Governor Benson to
the exposition.
Governor Benson will probably sug
gest to the next Oregon legislature the
idea of taking the Seattle display to
Salem. The cost has been figured
about $10,000 and for this expense
two-thirds of the $100,000 display in
the Oregon building could be preserved.
The elaborate decorations and pano
rama worked in Oregon grains, the
handsome wood panel ings and other
decorative features of the interior of
the Oregon building will be moved in
tact, if the plan is carried out.
It is believed at the close of the ex
position the Oregon building will be
presented to the Btate university.
- Form New Phone Company.
Ontario At a called meeting of On
tario citizens an independent telepohone
company was organized. It will be in
corporated for $10,000. The Bell com
pany recently removed its toll station
from here to Payette, Idaho, and- the
citizens, desiring better Be vice, sub
scribed several thousand dollars for" a
new company in which the membes of
the Boise Independent company will be
stockholders. Nearly every citizen of
Ontario is a stockholder in the new
company. Officers and 'directors were
elected, also a committee on bylaws to
file incorporation papers.
Trolley Line for Rogue.
Jacksonville The Jackson County
Light & Power company has been
granted a franchise over the roads of
Jackson county by the County court of
Jackson county. The company in its
petition asks for the right to erect
electric light poles along the highways
in certain townships for conducting
light, heat and motive power. It ia
the intention of the company to begin
at once the construction of an electric
railway to traverse the Rogue river
valley.
Sumpter Extension Work Announced.
Salem Official announcement has
been received by the railroad commis
sion that actual operations have start
ed toward construction of the extension
of the Sumpter Valley railroad from
Austin to Prairie City, and that the
work would be rushed. Following the
recommendations of the commission,
the Sumpter Valley has issued a new
tariff by which flour, salt and sugar
may be carried in mixed cars, with a
minimum weight of 30,000 pounds.
Water Suits Stir Echo.
Echo Joe Ramos, whose alfalfa
fields are one mile up the river from
E.-ho, is defendant in an injunction
suit brought bv the Henrietta Milliner
company, of Echo, to prevent Ramos
irom placing a aam across the river
just above the comoanv's hpnHtrni-en
There is much litigation to be threshed
out before determining the rights of
water users Irom the Umati a river at
this place.
Mill Will Remove to Kalama.
Rainier The bier Dlant of th Wil.
lard Case Lumber company has closed,
and as soon as a small lot of planing is
finished, the task of movincr the nlont
to Kalama will begin. The company
had intended to finish cuttinsr out their
timber at this place, but owing to some
legal tangle with local parties, have
concluded to raft their logs from here
to &.aiama.
Dufur Farmers Organize.
The Dalles Articles of incorporation
of the Farmers' Union Warehouse com
pany, of Bufur, have been filed with
the county clerk by Theodore Buskuhl
and Lester D. Kelly, of Kingsley, and '
Alex btracnan, of JJufur. The capital
stock is $4,000, divided into 800 Bhares
of the par value of $5 each. The head
quarters of the company will be at'
uuiur.
BLIGHT'IN DOUGLAS.
Pear Orchards Are In Danger From
a New Pest.
Roseburg A deadly blight on the
pear orchards of this county that will
require for its eradication more atten
tion than one man could possibly give,
has caused the county court, at the
suggestion of District Horticultural
Commissioner A. H. Carson, of Grants
Pass, to appoint two fruit inspectors
for Douglas county. The appointments
fall to F. A. McFall. of this city, and
E. F. Whitney, of Oakland, both of
whom were recommended by Mr. car
son, who appeared before the court in
nerson.
This blight, a species of fungus that
emits a (rum like substance, has prac
tically destroyed the greater part of the
fruitgrowing industry in the Eastern
and Middle Western states and has giv
en the Pacific coast orchardists a hard
battle. California pear growers tn
umphed over it after having once given
up. Then the blight reached the lam
ous Rogue river valley in Oregon. The
orchardists there promptly secured the
services of two government experts,
CGara and White, and these two men
are now in that valley aiding the fruit
growers to stamp out the pest.
Several months ago the blight began
to be noticeable in the Umpqua valley,
particularly around Roseburg and
Winston. Then orchards in other lo
calities became affected, until the pres
ent day sees the pear industry in this
county threatened with damage unless
the growers take action under proper
instruction at once. Mr. Carson ex
plained to the court that the blight can
neither be prevented nor killed by
spraying.
What causes it is not known,- and
there is only one way to get rid of it,
and that is by burning the affected tree
or branch immediately upon discovery
of the blight This has already been
done in a number of instances.
Delegates to Irrigation Congress
Vale C. O. Thomas, president of
the Vale Commercial club, and J. P.
Dunniway, cashier of the First Na
tional bank, of Vale, have been chosen
by Vale as delegates to the irrigation
congress at Spokane this month. They
will further the interests of the Mal
heur irrigation project. The project
has been before the people of Malheur
county pending Secretary of the Inter
ior Ballinger s choice between the pri
vate companies and the government.
Cross Ties for Panama Road.
Portland Oregon, lumbermen have
the oppcrtunity of aiding in the con
struction of the Panama railroad. E,
C. Giltner, secretary of the chamber of
commerce, has received from the rail
road commission requests for bids on
150,000 cross ties for delivery at Colin
or the Port of Ancon. Indicating that
construction work is to proceed rapidly.
it was urged that bids be submitted as
soon as possible.
Wallowa Fruit Inspector Named.
Wallowa Ford C. Potter has been
appointed fruit inspector for this coun
ty by the County court. Mr. Potter
has had wide experience in fruit and
Derry culture and is thoroghly convers
ant with the various fruit peats. His
services will be of great value to the
iruit raiaers of this valley.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, nominal; club
$1.17; valley, $1.17.
Corn Whole, $37 per ton; cracked,
$38 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $40(3:42 per ton.
"j iiiiumy, wniamette valley
$20((22 Der ton? Fan torn rtvdnn oi
$21
(ft23; mixed, $16(g;20; alfalfa, $14,
Grain bnp-q K?..p oqv,
Fruits Strawberries, $2.25
per
crate; cherries, 28c per pound
cKcciwco, iiu.ui:; apriCOt8, $1
75
f- , vunaiiuj, oc per pound;
canberrien. $1 Aft no' ,... l
lo-
Ties. Sl.2nrti)1.4n- lilou
er-
?2;
k 1 .1 rt !. V. : An '
Potatoes $11.75 per hundred
new, 2(i'iyz per pound.
Vegetables Beans, 6c per pound:
le"uce' head 25c Per dozen; onions
parley, aac; pea:, 57c
per pound; radishes, 15c per dozen.
Butter City creamery, extras, 28c
wvFZnxi "Cy 0ut8lde "ornery,
26Ca27c; store, 18c. Butter fat
prices average lc per pound under
recrular hntto
r- jiiivrB,
E??S Oracrnn
per dozen.
Poultry Hens. 14ffllK.
springs 19c; roosters, 8(9c; ducks'
a12c:9ioc;
dozen. 4 ' 2-25 Der
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Veal Rvti-Qa oaoi.
,. """ woac per pound1
ordinary, 7c; heavy, 6c. '
i on , ,conlrack. 16c per pound ;
S6crCor0pP4c1112C; 1907
Wool Paat.n f .
--. vregon, bfaZ3c Der
pound; valley, 2325c; mohair, 24
Cattle Rtoora tnn ri f . .
good, $445;' oC'h.TmT-
4; bulls and stags, $2.753.25rcom:
mon, $22.50. 1 ra
OgBB48i'.?8-258.50; fair
to
rl' l"0"0; Blockers, $6(r6
China fats, $6.757.
0;
oneep iop wethers, $4: fa!
ir. to
"'uwo.o; ewes, k
all crrariaa- no.t: . . V?
less
on
oc, ?3.503.75;Ks'Pringlara'b;;
fair to
i, $5
HOT CONTEST ASSURED.
Senate and House Will Each Hold
Out for Lumber Rate.
Washington, July 16. The make-up
of the committee on conference that is
now handling the tariff bill, endeavor
ing to compromise the differences be
tween the house and senate bills, is not
such as to inspire confidence in the
hearts of those senators and represent
atives who favor the senate duty on
rough lumber, $1.50 per 1,000 feet. It
may be that that rate will be re
tained, but there is only one Republi
can on the conference committee who
is directly interested in the lumber
schedule, and that man is handicapped
because he is a big lumberman.
Df thn senate conferees, not one has
any direct interest in the tariff on lum
ber. :Aldrich, Rhode island ; Burrows,
Michigan; Penrose, Pennsylvania;
Hale, Maine, and Cullom, Illinois, rep
resent states that care far more about
cheep lumber than they do about high
protection for the American lumber
man. A few years ago Burrows might
have been somewhat concerned, but
now hiB interest is secondary. On the
house side, Payne, New York; Dalzell,
Pennsylvania; McCall, Massachusetts;
Boutell, Illinois; Calderhead, Kansas,
unit Fordnev. Michigan, are the confer
ees, and Fordney is the only enthusias
tic advocate of a high tariff on lumber,
for he owns fabulous quantities of
timber land and operates a numb ir of
lumber mills.
It will be the contention of the
house members that the duty on rough
Inmher must be reduced Jl.. the rate
fixed by the house in the Payne bill.
They will insist that the house will not
stand for $1,50, and will point to the
fact that it was onlv bv a narrow mar
gin that the houBe rejected a free lum
ber amendment.
COREA ACCEPTS CHANGE.
Transfer of Courts to Japan Quietly
Received.
Seoul, July 16. The news of the
new agreement between Japan and
Corea arranging for the transfer of
Corean judicial authority to Japan, is
being quietly accepted here, now that
its terms are fully understood.
It was feared that some disturbance
might follow the public misapprehen
sion that the disbanding of the court
guards was included in the abolition of
the Corean war office. Now that it is
known generally that the guards are
not to be discharged, but merely are
to be placed under the command of the
emperor's aide-de-camp, the cause for
uneasiness has been removed.
It is believed that the convention be
tween the two countries relative to the
transfer was signed July 12. The pro
visions of the document, besides the
changes mentioned, look to the control
of Corean prisons by the Japanese.
EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE.
Province of Elis Suffers Loss of Score
of Lives and IOO Injured.
Athens, Greece, July 16. An earth
quake has occurred in the provincre of
Elis, the capital of which is Pyrgos.
Several villages were destroyed and
many, people perished. The loss is
heavy.
London. Julv 16. A H
London news bureau from Athens says
inat a violent earthquake baa occurred
in Southern Greece, rpnulfin or in -
'f - w-. w.aa 111 vvir
Biderable loss of life and damage to
jjruperty.
Twenty person are reported dead and
100 injured at one village, and three
other villages suffered heavily. The
dispatch adds that.
are learned, it is likely that the casual ¬
ties win De greatly increased.
Building Falls; 7 Dead.
Philadelphia. July 16. Seven men
were killed, one fatallv in,n .nr oa
seriously hurt today when a building at
wmj uurmwess corner ot Eleventh and
Market streets collapsed. One man is
also missinc. Th hnit,i; r.
story brick structure in the heart of
ine Dusiness section was being remod
eled, and it is sunnnaaH tha i
I I " 1UIUUVOI UI
one of the girders caused the entire
structure to weaken and crash to the
earth.
Convention Rates Open.
Chicaco. Julv 1 R Roi..j
ger fares to Chicago, St. Louis, Kan-
v,ny. umana and St. Joseph will
be available th
-- iuiu ail
states west of thn Mica-i -
--. mwul i iicr( na a
result of a decision just-announced by
ui iBBmng western railroads,
which, competitive conditions will
make armlirahlo tn all . j t. ,
beon decided to .open to the general
public rateB of a fare and a half for
the round triD from
river which were granted on account of
mo many conventions.
Cossacks Desert Shah.
TpKoron Till 1 mi
UUIJr 10.Ae Koya,8t
forces apparently have had enough of
fighting and are prepared to admit the
VL me nationalists. The
submV'"16 R,UBaian ion here
x, .. ,. " ""tea mat the
Nationalists cease attacking the Cos
sacks, that the Cossacks be allowed to
COntinHA urn im 1 .1 . .
,.v.c uuuer me iuture Per
sian government and that their safety
be guaranteed, which was agreed to.
Prefer American Labor.
Butte. Mnnf T.,1.. it, .-.
v. jmo. c. r. Mat
smeTiT,ifUpenntendent of the Washoe
Smelter, has annni.r..l iL
, """ "mi ine poucv
Li ?omPBnv hereafter will be to
l.h - .,BDOr ce "Hen
tw k maunewBon a so stated
that thn nmnonn . u
been nhanA a . 8VBWsm has
oeen abandoned in Anaconda.
QUAKE CLAIMS 3
Property Damagejn Greece no
ce tremendous.
WATER IN SPRINGS TURNS BO
Eerthquake Seems of Volcanic M
ture and Upheavals Reported
Near Village of Ponhloti.
London, July 17. Snecial
received here from Athens say that
300 persons were killed nr in,j .
the earthquake that occurred yesterd'
in the province of Eiin i o . "
Greece. The dBmace tn !"
was very great Hot water is' flowT.
today irom many of the Bprings ia &
stricken district, while the water i.
the rivers and brooks has turned i tl
dish color.
The earthauake Hp
houses in the village of Havari, in Bii
pruviiiuB. ininy persons lost their
lives at that point and a number w(rt
injured. Neighboring villacr.
greatly. All the houses of AmaWn
woro reuuereu uninnaDiiable. Tt
shocks were felt at' Patraa, Pyr,,
Malamas and Tripoli, but outside d
Havari only a few deaths or injured
have been reported. A volcanic op
heaval is said to have occurred at tlx
village of Ponhioti.
WARSHIPS ON THAMES.
British Admiralty Attempts to Alltj
i Fears of People.
London, July 17. One hundred and
forty-eight British warships dropped
anchor in the Thames tonight, the ar
ray extending from the eBtuary at the
south end of the river to Westiminster
bridge, in the htart of London. The
object of this extended and superb d
play of Britain's fighting power is an
anti-panic Bhow. Uneasiness prevails
in-every quarter of Britain. Anxietj
in higher circles as to the condition of
the country's defenses haa caused ap
prehension and pessimism throughout
the body politic.
Lord Roberts says the army is i
tragic joke. Admiral Bereaford saji
the navy is not what it has been con
sidered. And Germany iB accused of
having aggressive designs against the
peace and liberty of the Britons. The
result of all this ferment is that the
country is in danger of "going off it!
head." The mighty armada on the
Thames is the admiralty's heroic seda
tive. RICH WOMAN SMUGGLED.
Carried $5q,000 Worth of Goods Un
der False Bottom of Trunk.
New York, July 17. An indictment
for smuggling was handed down tods;
by the Federal grand jury against Mr.
Fremont Chesbro, owner of the Che
bro Coastwise line of steamers running
out of Boston.
The case was placed in the hands of
the United States district attorney foi
the district of New Jersey after the
discovery of a double bottom in one of
the trunks which Mrs. Chesbro brought
to this country with her on the Eakr
Wilhelm II last May,
Wearing apparel appraised at $50,
000 was found in this hidden comprt
ment, together with bills and invoices
indicating the purchase abroad of
pearl necklace valued at $23,000. The
necklace was not found among Mrs.
Chesbro's effects, but was yesterdaj
turned over to the customs officials bj
Mrs. Chesbro's attorney.
Big Muddy Rises Again.
St. Louis, July 17. The Missouri
river last night rose so that the gP
today registers 35.3 feet. Manufaf
turing concerns across the river in Dli
nois are moving their stocks to bight'
ground, fearing a storm will wash
waves over the levees which the tin
zens are counting on to protect then
Citizens of Cahokia, 111., worked l
night strengthening the levees, which
will stand but a slight rise. F"J
thousand acres of farm land were Aw
ed early today by the Missouri,
sas & Texas embankment breaking
Island Defenses Tested.
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xionoiuiu, JUiy n. uiiuei u-
iion or uaptain riacc, oi mo uiu-
department, the eight great mortars
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Head point, 'were fired for the
time today. The guns command t
only approach to Honolulu harbor a
are ine nrst or ine coast Uuiv"
be installed. The test was thoroughJ
satisfactory. Captain Piatt arrive
yesterday on the transport ThornM
supervise the placing of other guns.
New Shah Rules Perjia.
Tehern. July 17. Mohammed Aft
shah of Persia, was dethroned w
and the crown prince, bultan au
Miraza. whs nroH aimed shah by r
national . assembly, composed of jf"
chief Mujtehids and the leaders of
Nationalist forces, in the, presence
an immense crowdjin Parliament saw
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Rudsian summer legation at Zerien
Kaiser Favors Football-
oeuiin, tiuiy ii. iu AaA ia
directed that football be in"0!J
the military exercises. His nJ"
is reported as saying-that footo!,
played in the United States and
land is fine training in temper, -as
as for the body.